War Stuff: The Struggle For Human And Environmental Resources In The American Civil War (Cambridge Studies On The American South )

Synopsis

In this path-breaking work on the American Civil War, Joan E. Cashin explores the struggle between armies and civilians over the human and material resources necessary to wage war. This war 'stuff' included the skills of white Southern civilians, as well as such material resources as food, timber, and housing.

At first, civilians were willing to help Confederate or Union forces, but the war took such a toll that all civilians, regardless of politics, began focusing on their own survival. Both armies took whatever they needed from human beings and the material world, which eventually destroyed the region's ability to wage war. In this fierce contest between civilians and armies, the civilian population lost.

Cashin draws on a wide range of documents, as well as the perspectives of environmental history and material culture studies. This book provides an entirely new perspective on the war era. Discusses the conduct of both Union and Confederate soldiers towards civilians in the South.

Will appeal to political historians and readers who are interested in wartime divisions inside the white Southern population.

Considers gender dynamics in the interactions between soldiers and female civilians.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781108349581

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Date of Addition:

04/19/18

Copyrighted By:

Joan E. Cashin

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Military

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

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